JOB PURPOSE

Support the Head of Business Decision Support in planning, analysis, and review of financial data. The Analyst is responsible for managing spend and driving the investment and strategic plan process. This role will focus on opportunities to optimize current processes to improve the speed and accuracy of reporting while also delivering data driven analyses to yield actionable recommendations for business scenarios to senior management. The Analyst also has responsibility of analyzing the standard costs of the Millicom products and providing standard analysis reports as well as ad hoc analysis

THE WAY WE WORK

You are open-minded, proactive, result-oriented, and passionate and the way you work energizes others. You are committed to the timely delivery of a job well done. You behave with integrity, professionalism and transparency.
Key Responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

•   Develop and deliver high quality and complete target, forecasts and latest forecasts linked to the overall global and strategic plan
•   Accountability for departmental budgets
•   Influence decision-making for HOD’s and actively contributes to operational objectives
•   Provides management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests on P&L performance, standard costs and BU performance
•   Contribute to the strategic planning and budgeting process; develop and execute planning templates, review plans, provide analysis, prepare presentations for senior management, gain alignment from key stakeholders, identify key initiatives and implement key performance indicators to track progress
•   Monitor global Investment process; manage CAPEX prioritization, coordinate reviews, prepare presentations for senior management, track progress, facilitate execution of key CAR requests and perform post-implementation reviews
•   Create tools, processes, reports and metrics to accurately forecast business results and proactively manage performance to meet financial objectives
•   Design and maintain early warning systems for financial tracking, ensuring accurate advance warning for all financial results – and eliminate financial surprises
•   Constantly strive to identify and implement value improvement strategies
•   Identify, raise and resolve key business/financial issues. Support timely, fact based decision making within the company and the business unit
•   Carry out ad hoc analysis or projects as appropriate

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Bachelors degree in Business, Finance or Accounting, with preference to MBA/MSc in Finance
•   Professional qualification (CPA, CFA, ACCA, CIMA)
•   English
••   Minimum 6 years of financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, planning and/or accounting experience

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

•   Ability to communicate efficiently across all levels
•   Broad knowledge of accounting principles and very good understanding of financial concepts
•   Ability to work in a complex, environment dealing with continuous change & occasionally conflicting priorities
•   Excellent business & finance acumen, attention to details, strong analytical skills, presentation and communication skills required
•   Independent thinkers and capacity to maintain focus & composure
•   Familiarity with General Ledger and reporting packages or ability to learn quickly
•   Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Or email us on:

tigo@tigo.com.gh

Closing Date: 12 July, 2014

When you join Tigo, you join a team where your skills, ideas and technical know-how can do more than contribute to the bottom-line. You'll be exposed to enormous experience, great network and a workforce full of talents with youthful exuberance.

At Tigo we are all salesmen and we are responsible for our own development. We consider each vacancy as a development opportunity for Tigo Employees and we develop both the business and people together.